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Areal Flood Warning 23, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this areal flood warning at Dec 26, 2015, 2:00 AM CST for Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 26, 2015, 2:00 AM CST (08:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 26, 2015, 2:00 PM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Covington County, AL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at Dec 26, 1:53 AM CST, 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 26, 1:53 AM CST, 7 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 25, 6:23 AM CST, 19 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 623 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-261230- CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-MOBILE INLAND-BALDWIN INLAND-MOBILE CENTRAL- BALDWIN CENTRAL-MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA INLAND- ESCAMBIA COASTAL-SANTA ROSA INLAND-SANTA ROSA COASTAL- OKALOOSA INLAND-OKALOOSA COASTAL-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- 623 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WIDESPREAD AREAL FLOODING MOSTLY OVER SOME INLAND COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE HEAVIER CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA TODAY A FEW STRONG TO BRIEFLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER TODAY...DUE MOSTLY TO GOOD SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY AND HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY ALSO OCCUR WITH THE HEAVIER SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS. A HIGH RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE GULF BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ANOTHER STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE WEST BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS NEXT SYSTEM BY MONDAY. DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL ALSO BE LIKELY LATE THIS WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. AREAS OF FOG...POSSIBLY DENSE AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY. GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-261230- NORTHERN MOBILE BAY-SOUTHERN MOBILE BAY-MISSISSIPPI SOUND- PERDIDO BAY-PENSACOLA BAY SYSTEM-CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY- COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 623 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MARINE AREA OUT TO 20 NM THROUGH MIDDAY TODAY AND WILL LIKELY REFORM LATE TODAY AND OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL BE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL CONTINUE AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT THROUGH MONDAY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 1:36 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia, Mobile | 7 hr |
| Dec 26, 6:24 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 36 hr |
| Dec 26, 11:10 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 19 hr |
Nearby
Areal Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2015Every areal flood warning in 2015
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.